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Phrase bai lan gains popularity as severe competition and social expectations leave many young people despondentEarly this month China’s president Xi Jinping encouraged the country’s youth to establish “great ideals” and incorporate their personal goal…
Read MoreDocuments detailing shoot-to-kill policy for people who try to escape published as UN human rights chief visits regionA new trove of hacked Chinese police photographs and documents shedding light on the human toll of Beijing’s treatment of its Uyghur m…
Read MoreMichelle Bachelet begins trip amid fears that authorities will use Covid restrictions as cover to limit her accessChina has said the UN rights chief’s visit to the country this week will be conducted in a “closed loop” as previously agreed with the UN,…
Read MoreDr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for shift in approach as scores of Chinese cities remain in strictly enforced lockdownThe head of the World Health Organization has voiced concerns over China’s effort to eliminate the Covid virus, in a rare rebuke t…
Read MoreTensions rise again as lockdowns grind on and the city’s population tire of strict zero-Covid policySee all our coronavirus coverageTensions between Shanghai residents and China’s Covid enforcers are on the rise again, amid a new push to end infections…
Read MoreJohn Lee is the only candidate in the running to succeed Carrie Lam as chief executiveAt the height of Hong Kong’s protests in the summer of 2019, angry pro-democracy legislators shouted in the Chinese territory’s legislative council: “down with John L…
Read MorePlea comes after ‘Voices of April’ spreads on social media as users get creative to bypass China’s censorsThe author of a viral video about Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown that sparked a rare show of defiance on China’s social media has urged users to sto…
Read MoreChina’s determination to enforce zero-Covid policies is pushing its vast, bustling financial hub to breaking pointAt about noon last Tuesday, Yu Wenming, an 82-year-old man in Shanghai, called his local residential committee for help. “I’ve used up my …
Read MoreHuawei executive warns of ‘massive losses’ in tech sector as tensions rise over strict lockdownsA top Huawei executive has broken ranks to warn that China’s stringent zero-Covid policy may trigger “massive losses” for the tech industry, putting the cou…
Read MoreResidents express dismay online about tribute to city’s handling of outbreak after extended lockdown A state-owned TV station in Shanghai has postponed a show that highlights the positive sides of the city’s response to an Omicron outbreak after an onl…
Read MoreChina’s most populous city to allow ‘appropriate activity’ in areas where there have been no cases for at least two weeksShanghai authorities will start easing lockdown in some areas on Monday, despite reporting a record of more than 25,000 new Covid c…
Read MoreResidents of China’s most populous city complain of government’s lack of organisationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageShanghai has put all its 26 million residents under lockdown in China’s single-biggest city-wide imposition…
Read MoreU-turn comes after health policy caused outrage among families and campaigners in cityHong Kong hospital authorities have made a U-turn to allow parents of Covid-positive children to accompany them in paediatric wards, regardless of their own Covid sta…
Read MoreWhile Chinese state media praises efficiency of diplomatic mission, stranded citizens tell a very different storyUkraine-Russia conflict: latest updatesImmediately after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, Yang, a 22-year-old classical music student…
Read MoreWith an election days away, the two leading candidates must negotiate pitfalls of a reliance on US for security and on China for tradeWhen Moon Jae-in, the outgoing president of South Korea, returned home from Washington in May last year, his foreign m…
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